Game Idea

ShpintShpint Member Posts: 404
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
Hey all,
Just wondering, what do you do when you are out of ideas?

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  • DimensionGamesDimensionGames PRO Posts: 993
    Stop looking for ideas! Just forget about and then something will spark!!

    PS I will never forget what my dear old grandad said to me just before he hit the bucket. He said "grandson...how far do you think i can kick this bucket?"
  • dee99dee99 Member Posts: 100
    you go to a secluded spot in the forest and meditate till you think of a new one
  • peachpellenpeachpellen Member Posts: 977
    Think about games you like to play.

    I get really, ridiculously stuck too, at times.

    Do you own a Nintendo DS? Mine has given me a lot of inspiration, what with it also being a touch screen device.
  • DimensionGamesDimensionGames PRO Posts: 993
    dee99 said:
    you go to a secluded spot in the forest and meditate till you think of a new one

    yer that was what I was going to suggest next!

    PS

    My mate was yapping on about how "logic can prove anything"

    I said "Nothing is better than eternal happiness, right?"

    He agreed

    I said " A ham sandwich is better than nothing right?"

    Once again, he nodded.

    I said "Therefore, logic dictates a ham sandwich is better than eternal happiness right?

    That shut him up.
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Shpint said:
    Hey all,
    Just wondering, what do you do when you are out of ideas?

    There's no such thing as designer's block ;)

    Here's an idea for free:

    Make a game about making a game. You're a designer and you have to pick up objects from each level that will go into your final game design.

    The last level should have gameplay constructed around all the objects you've previously picked up.

    QS :D
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    I just came up with a great idea. You're a hunter. You shoot ducks and your faithful dog retrieves them for you... all done with 8 bit graphics.

    I think I'm on to something here!
  • TaidakenTaidaken Member Posts: 271
    POLYGAMe said:
    I just came up with a great idea. You're a hunter. You shoot ducks and your faithful dog retrieves them for you... all done with 8 bit graphics.

    I think I'm on to something here!

    lol sounds like awinner!
  • DimensionGamesDimensionGames PRO Posts: 993
    POLYGAMe said:
    I just came up with a great idea. You're a hunter. You shoot ducks and your faithful dog retrieves them for you... all done with 8 bit graphics.

    I think I'm on to something here!

    I never found out the story of the duck hunt kid :'(

    PS

    Just had a water fight over the park with a bunch of local kids.
    I won!
    No one's a match for me and my kettle.
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    PossesiveGaming said:
    I never found out the story of the duck hunt kid :'(

    PS

    Just had a water fight over the park with a bunch of local kids.
    I won!
    No one's a match for me and my kettle.

    Now you're just regurgitating old Viz jokes! ;)

    QS
  • DimensionGamesDimensionGames PRO Posts: 993
    quantumsheep said:
    Now you're just regurgitating old Viz jokes! ;)

    QS

    Fine then! Ill suffer here in ignorance!

    PS

    im not looking for another joke.
  • peachpellenpeachpellen Member Posts: 977
    quantumsheep said:
    Now you're just regurgitating old Viz jokes! ;)

    QS

    Viz! Almost impossible to find in Australia in my experience :(
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    I used to buy Viz in NZ back in the early 90s, along with CVG magazine... those were the days... I'm sad... I still play my Mega Drive more than my PS2... I intend to get a PS3 when GT5 comes out but I'll still play the old Sega more... I DON'T LIKE GETTING OLD!!!! LOL.
  • vegasmike1vegasmike1 Member Posts: 192
    Thoughts, and ideas are the real money of the universe. Sometimes it takes time to hit on something, but I have a trusty old black and white spotted hard cover notebook, and I write down every stupid idea that leaks into my head, or out of it, not sure where they come from.

    when I was very young, 8000 years ago, I used to worry about music, I though that at some point all the music that could be made would have been made, now 7990 years later, music is still going strong. I listen to music and it causes thoughts, and thoughts can lead to ideas, an so on and so on.

    Also when I am really stumped I go driving, to some place other than where I live, like the mountains, no phone, no ipod just me, and the world, ideas begin to creep in.

    Sports of any kind cause me to think of games, ok enuff of that I am going to go for a drive to walmart. That always pushed ideas, fat people in ugly clothes, with 4 kids screaming, now there is a game, push the cart with the fat lady....if she sings you win.
  • MotherHooseMotherHoose Member Posts: 2,456
    Wow! that duck hunting idea is really good @POLYGAMe...mind if I use it?

    You're a hunter and you shoot a duck and your dog picks it up and runs off with it; and you gotta chase him through town and country-side; all the while picking up feathers and feet and bones and beak...and if you get all the pieces of your duck...You WIN!

    What do you do when the ideas don't stop?
  • TaidakenTaidaken Member Posts: 271
    i find going to the almighty toilet is a good place to gain ideas.
  • RattleheadRattlehead Member Posts: 485
    vegasmike1 said:
    Sometimes it takes time to hit on something, but I have a trusty old black and white spotted hard cover notebook, and I write down every stupid idea that leaks into my head, or out of it, not sure where they come from.
    That's exactly what I do as well... I have a couple of ring binders that I fill up with whatever vague or disturbing thoughts I am having at the moment and then I'll re-visit them at a later time and sometimes I mix and mash different ones together and it helps with inspiration.

    I write all my lyrics like that as well...
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Taidaken said:
    i find going to the almighty toilet is a good place to gain ideas.

    You're not wrong!

    Add to that 'when having a smoke' and 'when having a shower'.

    So, to come up with my ultimate idea I need to smoke a cigarette in the shower while taking a dump.

    Hmmmmm....

    QS :D
  • RattleheadRattlehead Member Posts: 485
    quantumsheep said:
    So, to come up with my ultimate idea I need to smoke a cigarette in the shower while taking a dump.

    I don't think I'll add that disturbing thought to my collection. LOL!
  • scitunesscitunes Member, Sous Chef Posts: 4,047
    That must be one clogged shower drain!

    My main sources of game ideas:

    1) Control systems - sometimes you get an idea for how to come up with a way to control your main character that is unique so you build a game around it. May seem weird but if a game does not have controls that are fun and intuitive I usually don't enjoy the game.

    2) Title or name for main character

    3) Story line (sometimes the character or title name inspires a story to form in my head).

    4) Some message - political, educational, etc

    5) Shitting in the shower
  • gazjmgazjm Member Posts: 578
    As I read this on the toilet, I am getting a new game idea. it's a short reach to the shower so I could stretch to qs's theory and maybe get a blockbuster! (drain
    buster)
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    scitunes said:
    That must be one clogged shower drain!

    The worst thing is trying to keep the cigarette dry!

    QS ;)
  • TaidakenTaidaken Member Posts: 271
    quantumsheep said:
    You're not wrong!

    Add to that 'when having a smoke' and 'when having a shower'.

    So, to come up with my ultimate idea I need to smoke a cigarette in the shower while taking a dump.

    Hmmmmm....

    QS :D

    woah what a combination of great things!... that should be a game!!!
  • CodeMonkeyCodeMonkey Head Chef, Member, PRO Posts: 1,803
    Find something you are not good at, and make something that will help you learn it. There will probably be others who would be interested in learning as well.

    e.g. Math, Foreign Languages, Astronomy, geography, etc.
  • ShpintShpint Member Posts: 404
    WOAH!!! I wasn't expecting to see any yellow reply.
    I am super happy though.

    BTW That gave me an idea. I'm in Germany learning German right now. Maybe I should do sth about that :D

    thxx
  • ForteForte Member, PRO Posts: 297
    POLYGAMe said:
    I just came up with a great idea. You're a hunter. You shoot ducks and your faithful dog retrieves them for you... all done with 8 bit graphics.

    I think I'm on to something here!

    Prepared to get sued by Nintendo!
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